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Operations and Project Management

Want to streamline your projects, systems and operations? Dive into book summaries about operations management and team efficiency.

Book Summary – How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between Book SummariesBusiness ManagementHuman PsychologyOperations and Project ManagementSociology & Economics

Book Summary – How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

Only 5 out of 1000 big projects are completed on-time, on-budget, and delivers the expected benefits. Why do big projects fail, and what can you…
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August 20, 2024
Book Summary – The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization Book SummariesBusiness ManagementLeadership and TeamworkLearning & DevelopmentOperations and Project ManagementProfessional Development

Book Summary – The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization

In our dynamically complex world, do you feel like you're running faster, only to stay in the same place?Personal learning is no longer enough. We…
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April 30, 2024
Book Summary – Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results Book SummariesBusiness ManagementDecision-Making & Problem-SolvingLeadership and TeamworkOperations and Project ManagementTime Management & Productivity

Book Summary – Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are widely adopted in Silicon Valley, because they can be extremely effective for helping individuals, teams, and organizations to set…
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February 29, 2024
Book Summary – The Business Playbook: How to Document and Delegate What You Do So Your Company Can Grow Beyond You Book SummariesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness ManagementEntrepreneurship and Start-UpsLeadership and TeamworkOperations and Project Management

Book Summary – The Business Playbook: How to Document and Delegate What You Do So Your Company Can Grow Beyond You

It’s hard to scale up a business if all the know-how resides in the heads of a few people. When something happens to the owner…
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July 28, 2023
Book Summary – The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations Book SummariesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness ManagementOperations and Project ManagementScience, Technology & Innovation

Book Summary – The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations

Technology affects every organization regardless of its size or industry. How well we manage our technology can mean the difference between simply surviving and thriving…
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June 30, 2023
Book Summary – The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working (Tony Schwartz) The Way We're Working Isn't Working - Book summaryBook SummariesBusiness ManagementHappiness, Emotional Intelligence & Spiritual GrowthLeadership and TeamworkOperations and Project ManagementPersonal DevelopmentTime Management & Productivity

Book Summary – The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working (Tony Schwartz)

In our modern workplace, we're facing the demand for more, faster and bigger results. We’re flooded by endless information, emails, meetings and urgent requests, and…
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April 29, 2022
Book Summary – SYSTEMology: Create time, reduce errors and scale your profits with proven business systems SYSTEMology - Book summaryBook SummariesBusiness ManagementEntrepreneurship and Start-UpsLeadership and TeamworkOperations and Project Management

Book Summary – SYSTEMology: Create time, reduce errors and scale your profits with proven business systems

Systems are any company's greatest asset. David Jenyn's SYSTEMology provides a step-by-step approach to create and implement efficient, replicable systems. This is ideal for small/medium…
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January 31, 2022
Book Summary – Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Sprint - Book summaryBook SummariesBusiness ManagementDecision-Making & Problem-SolvingLeadership and TeamworkOperations and Project Management

Book Summary – Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

A design sprint is an accelerated approach to innovation and problem-solving. In this book, Jake Knapp—the inventor of Sprint—explains how you can compress your design-thinking…
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October 31, 2021